On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:47:28 AM UTC, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Monday, December 2, 2013 5:21:47 PM UTC-5, Morgans wrote:



The drones in those pictures generally have a very short duration; probably

in the order of 20 to 30 minutes. I don't see them doing much remote

delivery.



First of all, the UAVs need to be autonomous (no human pilot).

Now imagine a FedEx truck driving slowly down your suburban street with six UAVs departing and returning to the rooftop flight deck (complete with autonomous parcel loading robots and recharging stations.) Jetsons!

Will they ring the doorbell and then fly away before you can get there? If not they will never replace delivery drivers.

John Galloway